pastoral
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He kept this promise until the day he died in 1979, despite a hectic schedule and major pastoral responsibilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Bishop of Leicester raised in the House of Lords his concern "about the lack of clarity on the difference between harmful conversion practices and perfectly acceptable practices of pastoral care and indeed prayer".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Its people participated in broad networks connecting agricultural and pastoral societies across northern, central, and southern China.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
“My Neighbor Totoro” is a gateway into a pastoral ideal that still exists in living memory, reviving parts of our imagination that maturity has stifled into dormancy.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
A second, and then a third, pastoral was read from the pulpits.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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